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Rick Lindstrom <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 17 Nov 1999 05:40:20 -0800
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At 06:41 PM 11/16/99 -0800, you wrote:
>My PII 266 pc is loaded with WIn98 and IE5. During startup after the
>displaying of my desktop I occasionally got a "Bluescreen" saying:
>
>"A fatal exception0E has occurred at 0028:C027D799 in VXD VMM (06) +
>00002799. The current application will be terminated"
>
>Will some gurus please enlighten me what this error message means.
>What is wrong in my system? Could I rectify it and how?
>
>Thank you for your help!!
>
>
>Stephen Lo


Stephen-

I had the same thing happening for a while, and it turned out to be a chunk
of memory that was going bad. Tough to troubleshoot because it was
intermittent.

Swap in some known good memory as a test.


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Rick Lindstrom
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Eugene, Oregon
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